Author: Andrew S. Cook
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Major James Rennell and "A Bengal Atlas" (1780 and 1781).
A Memoir Upon the Maps of Bengal Constructed from 1764 Onward by Major James Rennell
Author: F. C. Hirst
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cartography
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cartography
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
A Companion Atlas to Those Published by Major James Rennell in 1779 and 1781
The Surveys of Bengal by Major James Rennell, F. R. S. 1764-1777
Author: Frederick Christian Hirst
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bengal (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bengal (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
A Bengal Atlas
The Survey of Bengal by Major James Rennell, F.R.S., 1764-1777 ... Illustrated by a New Atlas Containing Important Unpublished Maps by Rennell
Author: Frederick Christian HIRST
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 51
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 51
Book Description
Mapping an Empire
Author: Matthew H. Edney
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226184862
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
In this fascinating history of the British surveys of India, Matthew H. Edney relates how imperial Britain used modern survey techniques to not only create and define the spatial image of its Empire, but also to legitimate its colonialist activities. "There is much to be praised in this book. It is an excellent history of how India came to be painted red in the nineteenth century. But more importantly, Mapping an Empire sets a new standard for books that examine a fundamental problem in the history of European imperialism."—D. Graham Burnett, Times Literary Supplement "Mapping an Empire is undoubtedly a major contribution to the rapidly growing literature on science and empire, and a work which deserves to stimulate a great deal of fresh thinking and informed research."—David Arnold, Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History "This case study offers broadly applicable insights into the relationship between ideology, technology and politics. . . . Carefully read, this is a tale of irony about wishful thinking and the limits of knowledge."—Publishers Weekly
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226184862
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
In this fascinating history of the British surveys of India, Matthew H. Edney relates how imperial Britain used modern survey techniques to not only create and define the spatial image of its Empire, but also to legitimate its colonialist activities. "There is much to be praised in this book. It is an excellent history of how India came to be painted red in the nineteenth century. But more importantly, Mapping an Empire sets a new standard for books that examine a fundamental problem in the history of European imperialism."—D. Graham Burnett, Times Literary Supplement "Mapping an Empire is undoubtedly a major contribution to the rapidly growing literature on science and empire, and a work which deserves to stimulate a great deal of fresh thinking and informed research."—David Arnold, Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History "This case study offers broadly applicable insights into the relationship between ideology, technology and politics. . . . Carefully read, this is a tale of irony about wishful thinking and the limits of knowledge."—Publishers Weekly
The Journals of Major James Rennell, First Surveyor-general of India
Author: James Rennell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adi (Indic people)
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adi (Indic people)
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Communication and Colonialism in Eastern India
Author: Nitin Sinha
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 1783083115
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Through a regional focus on Bihar between the 1760s and 1880s, ‘Communication and Colonialism in Eastern India’ reveals the shifting and contradictory nature of the colonial state’s policies and discourses on communication. The volume explores the changing relationship between trade, transport and mobility in India, as evident in the trading and mercantile networks operating at various scales of the economy. Of crucial importance to this study are the ways in which knowledge about roads and routes was collected through practices of travel, tours, surveys, and map-making, all of which benefited the state in its attempts to structure a regime that would regulate ‘undesirable’ forms of mobility.
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 1783083115
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Through a regional focus on Bihar between the 1760s and 1880s, ‘Communication and Colonialism in Eastern India’ reveals the shifting and contradictory nature of the colonial state’s policies and discourses on communication. The volume explores the changing relationship between trade, transport and mobility in India, as evident in the trading and mercantile networks operating at various scales of the economy. Of crucial importance to this study are the ways in which knowledge about roads and routes was collected through practices of travel, tours, surveys, and map-making, all of which benefited the state in its attempts to structure a regime that would regulate ‘undesirable’ forms of mobility.
Geographies of the Book
Author: Professor Charles W J Withers
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1409488543
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The geography of the book is as old as the history of the book, though far less thoroughly explored. Yet research has increasingly pointed to the spatial dimensions of book history, to the transformation of texts as they are made and moved from place to place, from authors to readers and within different communities and cultures of reception. Widespread recognition of the significance of place, of the effects of movement over space and of the importance of location to the making and reception of print culture has been a feature of recent book history work, and draws in many instances upon studies within the history of science as well as geography. 'Geographies of the Book' explores the complex relationships between the making of books in certain geographical contexts, the movement of books (epistemologically as well as geographically) and the ways in which they are received.
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1409488543
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The geography of the book is as old as the history of the book, though far less thoroughly explored. Yet research has increasingly pointed to the spatial dimensions of book history, to the transformation of texts as they are made and moved from place to place, from authors to readers and within different communities and cultures of reception. Widespread recognition of the significance of place, of the effects of movement over space and of the importance of location to the making and reception of print culture has been a feature of recent book history work, and draws in many instances upon studies within the history of science as well as geography. 'Geographies of the Book' explores the complex relationships between the making of books in certain geographical contexts, the movement of books (epistemologically as well as geographically) and the ways in which they are received.